Descript |
344 pages 22 cm |
Series |
Ottoman quartet ; book one
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Altan, Ahmet.
Ottoman quartet ; book one
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Altan's Ottoman Quartet spans the fifty years between the final decades of the 19th century and the post-WWI rise of Atatürk as both unchallenged leader and visionary reformer of the new Turkey. The four books tell the stories of an unforgettable cast of characters, among them: an Ottoman army officer, the Sultan's personal doctor, a scion of the royal house whose Western education brings him into conflict with his family's legacy, and a beguiling Turkish aristocrat who, while fond of her emancipated life in Paris, finds herself drawn to a conservative Muslim spiritual leader. Intrigue, betrayal, love, war, progress, and tradition provide a colourful backdrop against which their lives play out. All the while, the society to which they belong is transforming, and the Sublime Empire disintegrates. Here is a Turkish saga reminiscent of War and Peace, that traces not only the social currents of the time but also the erotic and emotional lives of its characters |
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In English; translated from the original Turkish |
Subject |
1800-1999
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Manners and customs.
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FICTION -- Historical.
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Turkey -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
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Turkey -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
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Turkey -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
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Turkey -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
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Turkey.
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Romaner
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Fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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History.
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Historical fiction.
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Dawit Isaak-biblioteket
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Historical fiction.
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Classmark |
894.3533
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Alt Auth |
Freely, Brendan, 1959- translator
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Türedi, Yelda translator
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Translation |
Kiliç yarasi gibi. Engelska
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ISBN/ISSN |
9781609454746 (paperback) |
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